President Marcos has declared Sept. 11 as a special non-working day in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the 107th birth anniversary of his father, former president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation 671,...
BATAC CITY, Ilocos Norte – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is expected to grace the 107th birth anniversary celebration of his father, the late President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. (FEM), with residents and officials of this province on Wednesday, September 11. PRESIDENT Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr....
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – Three fishermen from Pangasinan were rescued in the West Philippine Sea in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte on Thursday, September 5. Coast Guard Lt. Senior Grade Joseph Christian Sagun, chief of the Coast Guard unit in Ilocos Norte, identified the three fishermen as...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police seized shabu and marijuana worth P141.7 million in the Ilocos region last August. The Police Regional Office-1 said they recovered 2,053 marijuana plants, 2,000 marijuana seedlings, 6,170.27 grams of dried marijuana leaves, and 20,669.87 grams of shabu....
BANNA, Ilocos Norte – A suspected gun-for-hire was killed in a broad daylight ambush in Barangay Tabtabagan here on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Isaac Casay, 54, alias Bigso, of Poblacion 1, Adams, Ilocos Norte and Barangay Santo Niño, Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte. Casay...
A 70-year-old woman died hours after rescuing a five-year-old boy from being rammed by a multicab in Barangay Poblacion Norte, Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur on Sunday, September 1. Police identified the victim as Susana Antolin Abarra. Investigation said Abarra had just finished attending Mass at 5 a.m....
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police destroyed 12,000 fully grown marijuana plants valued at a total of P2.4 million in two plantations on Mount Bilis, Barangay Licungan, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur on Friday, August 30. Police Brig. Gen. Lou F. Evangelista, Ilocos police chief, said 7,200 FGMP...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – A 28-year-old boatman and a cow were killed by lightning in Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte on Sunday, August 25. Police said the boatman Jun and his companion were in the middle of national park Hundreds Island in Alaminos City, Pangasinan, and about to reach Quezon...
VIGAN CITY, Ilocos Sur – Former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis Chavit Singson on Wednesday, August 21, announced that he is running for senator in the 2025 mid-term elections. SINGSON In a meeting with the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP), Singson said that many ranking government...
DINGRAS, Ilocos Norte – A 66-year-old man drowned while fishing on the Padsan River in Sitio Magdalen, Barangay Guererro, this town, on Saturday, August 17. Police identified the victim as Rogelio Domingo of Barangay Madamba here. Investigation disclosed that Domingo went fishing but failed to...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Police arrested the seventh most wanted person in the Ilocos region in Pinili, Ilocos Norte on Saturday, August 17. The 60-year-old suspect was charged with two counts of statutory rape. No bail was recommended for his temporary freedom. He was taken to the Pinili...
CAMP JUAN, Ilocos Norte – A preschool child drowned on a river in Barangay 5, San Ramon, Vintar, Ilocos Norte, on Wednesday, August 14. Police said the four-year-old victim was from Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. Investigation said the boy and his family went to the Bislak River for lunch. The boy’s...
